Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Scene from Ancient History. Verso: Reclining male nude

Giovanni Battista Marcola
ca. 1711-1780

Scene from Ancient History. Verso: Reclining male nude

11 13/16 x 17 1/8 inches (301 x 435 mm)
Pen and black ink, with brown wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on light brown paper; verso: black chalk, with gray wash, with white chalk, on paper prepared with a dark blue wash.
1993.149

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "100 Marcola"; in brown wash, "Gio Batt. Marcola".
Associated names
Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department